Skeletons of Superaunt Wme Unearthed by Expedition
Five large skeletons unearthed in Sonora by an international team of American and Mexican archaeologists indicate a vast prehistoric burial ground. The find includes a youth of six feet eight inches, four other children, and 2000 year old ash-filled jars. Leaders Dr. Byron Cummings and Prof Manuel San Domingo call it landmark. Yaqui tribesmen pose a security risk as exploration continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Holloway
United Press
Soyopa
Sonora
Menx
Byron R. Cummings
University of Arizona Archaeology Department
J. L. Coker
Soropa
Manuel San Domingo
Dr. Cummings
Coker
Cummings
Passenger Train Wreck Near Canton Mississippi
A northwest-bound Illinois Central passenger train from New Orleans to Chicago derailed near Canton, Mississippi, with several cars leaving the rails and some overturning. no serious injuries were reported to the sheriff's office as of today.
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Miss
Canton
Illnois
Army Kettles And Tripods Make Debut
The familiar Army kettle and tripod appeared on city streets as Christmas season activity begins with bells and the call to Keep the pot boiling. Salvation Army officials say the need this year is greatly increased and funds will provide winter relief after Christmas. Donations of food or money are accepted at 574 W Broad Street or by calling 2946.
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Salvation Army
W. Broad Street
Lorain Election Office Closed For Monday
Lorain branch office of the county Board of Elections will be closed Monday to finish cleaning up post election work. The office will be kept as a storage room for election supplies until Lorain city council redistricts to add a ward after the population surpassed 40,000 in the 1930 census, then it will reopen to implement redistricting.
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Lorain
County Board of Elections
Urbana High School Destroyed by Fire on Anniversary
Urbana Ohio, Dec 13. Urbana high school built in 1896 was destroyed by fire early today on the 34th anniversary of Urbana's first high school blaze. Origin undetermined. The brick and stone structure, known as the Castle on the hill, cost 20000 to build. A telephone operator spotted the blaze. firemen saved the adjoining junior high from spreading.
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Urbana
Smith Block Sold by Sheriff at Foreclosure Sale
The Harry H. Smith Block on Broad Street between Middle Avenue and East Avenue was sold at sheriff's sale this morning to Lorain County Savings and Trust Company for 54000 dollars. The bid was the only offer. The property, formerly housing the Harry H. Smith Company furniture store, was owned by that company and foreclosed due to mortgage proceedings.
New Hoover Senate Dispute Deepens Political Row
Washington December 13 A fresh clash between President Hoover and the Senate arises as Senator Robinson prompts an amendment to the Emergency Unemployment Bill. Hoover objects to a pooled lump sum transfer provision and to the Senate’s drought relief move of 60 million, while House leaders maneuver to block the larger bill from floor debate.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Robinson
House
Congress
Mr. Hoover
Capitol Hill
Fess
Republican National Committee
White House
Col. A. 8. Grant
Washington Centennial Organization
Buddy Rogers to undergo appendicitis operation in Toledo
TOLEDO O Dec 13 Charles Buddy Rogers the moving picture actor making a personal appearance in Toledo was to submit to an operation for appendicitis in Toledo hospital today.
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Toledo, O
Charles “Buddy” Rogers
Toledo
Elyria Minstrel Show Boosts Empty Stocking Fund
Elyrians rally to fill the Not an Empty Stocking Fund with proceeds from the Elyria Chamber of Commerce Minstrel Show set for December 16 and 17 at the Rialto theater. Tickets fund Christmas baskets for needy families, directed by Jim Armitage. numerous civic and fraternal groups participate, with Salvation Army and Associated Charities aiding in family identification and basket delivery.
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Bby
Elyria
Rialto Theater
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Jim Armitage
The
Eagles, Elks
Knights of Columbus
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Spanish War Veterans
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Salvation Army
Eagles
Second Congregational Church Bible Class
Parent-Teacher Association
National Guard
Associated Charities
Captain Hughes
W. B. Richmond
Legion and National Guard
Explosion In Brimfield Home Kills 2 Year Old
In Brimfield near Ravenna Ohio an explosion and fire killed 2 year old Robert Miller and left four of Mrs Viola Miller's children near death. The blast happened as gasoline was used to start a coal stove. Mrs Miller rescued Mildred 9 Herbert 7 Carl 6 and Violet 4 before collapsing from burns. Neighbors forced a wall hole to pull Robert from beneath a bed.
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Ravenna
Dee
Robert Miller
Viola Miller
Portage County Hospital
Brimfield
Here
Robert
Plan to feed undernourished school children
Four Elyria schools will start warm meals next Tuesday to aid children in need. Meals will be served at Allen Garford Hamilton and Holy Cross, with meals at two sites, including the YWCA. City leaders say funding comes from the Community Chest emergency fund and donations are sought to sustain the effort.
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Elyria
Vulcan Street
James A. Hewitt
Allen, Garford
Hamilton
Holy Cross
Allen and Garford
Community Service Council
Community Chest
Hewitt
Miss Todd
Maybelle J. Burner
Carl Martin
Council of
Parent-Teacher Associations
Norah D. Abbe
Mabel F. Ellis
R. C. Maston
Augusta Fichtner
Carroll T. Post
Orlo F. Flint
Alien Parent-Teacher Association
Paul Brand
Garford Parent-Teacher Association
Marie S. Gilman
The
Associated Charities
L. Doris Todd
Settlement House
Mayor Hewitt
A. C. Hudnutt
Rob Bank In Dry Capital Westerville Heist
Westerville Ohio December 13 Franklin county authorities hunted four heavily armed robbers who held up the bank of Westerville Friday afternoon and escaped with about 5000 dollars. The bandits forced six employees to kneel as they looted the cages and fled in two automobiles toward Worthington. A third car joined them near Westerville and four local men pursued a Chevrolet into Worthington but lost the robbers when a truck blocked the street intersection.
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Westerville
Franklin County
Worthington
Here
Death of Jonas Cooper sparks county inquest in feud saga
In Portsmouth Ohio on December 13 Jonas Cooper a 35 year old self styled King of the Cooper Clan was shot dead by deputy state forester George Rivers after Cooper and others allegedly fired on him at Vastine Hollow while nearby men were tending an apparent still. Rivers and Edward Holsinger faced no arrest but were ordered to appear at an inquest in West Union as investigators probed whether Cooper Lewis and the other four men were armed. The feud between the two Cooper families has dominated the region for decades with past shootings and imprisonments.
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Portsmouth
Jonas Cooper
Cooper
West Union
Scioto
Adams County
George Rivers
Rivers
Everett Lewis
Lewis
Edward Holsinger
Holsinger
Twin Creek
Vastine Hollow
Coopers
Edward
Kenney
Jonas
Fred Cooper
Church Laymen Endorse Hoover And Dry Laws
In Cincinnati on December 13 the first Interdenominational Men's Church Congress endorsed President Hoover’s world peace stance and opposed any repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. A banquet featured Branch Rickey and speakers Dr. Charles C. Selecman and Dr. William M. Anderson. The congress sent a telegram to Hoover backing world peace and the dry laws, while speakers urged greater effort to recruit young men for the ministry and strengthen lay leadership.
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Cincinnati
Hoover
Branch Rickey
St. Louis Cardinals
Charles C. Selecman
Southern Methodist University
William M. Anderson
First Presbyterian Church of
Dallas
Tex
Congress
Jesus Christ
Rickey
Selecman
Anderson
Bandits Strike Security Home Trust Bank in Toledo
Three bandits robbed the east Toledo branch of Security Home Trust Company and fled with 3000 dollars. Two robbers entered, another waited outside in a large sedan. Cashier E W Heintschel and bookkeeper Miss Luella Hurren were present. burglar alarm sounded as police arrived. A prior bank robbery occurred at the same bank two years earlier.
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Toledo
Security Home Trust Company
E. W. Heintschel
Luella Hurren
Heintschel
Gun woman sought after payroll hold up in Cleveland
In Cleveland on December 13 a masked gunwoman, wearing a short veil, held up Miss Coletta Carney, 21, a Union Trust Company employee. The assailant fled in an auto after Miss Carney handed over $1.20, police suspect the robber mistook her for another person and intended a payroll theft.
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Cleveland
Coletta Carney
Union Trust Company
Wins Divorce From Wealthy Clevelander
In Cleveland, Mrs. Dorothy Winchell Keller, 40, was granted divorce from Samuel Keller, 45, a millionaire real estate man and member of a prominent Blue Book family, by Common Pleas Judge A. J. Pearson. The decree awards her $55,000 cash and $2,000 monthly for life if she remains unmarried, with custody of children Doris, 15, and Winchell, 12, on grounds of gross neglect and misconduct.
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Cleveland, O
Samuel Keller
Rea
Alva Bradley
Dorothy Winchell Keller
Common Pleas
A. J. Pearson
Capture of hold-up men in Columbus ends without loot
Harry Gordon of Columbus was captured today in an alleged attempt to rob the Mazer-Cress Cigars Co. Two accomplices fled after entering the store while Gordon waited in a curbside auto. Workers nearby alerted police, who surprised the alleged bandits with no loot recovered.
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Columbus
Columbus, CO
Harry Gordon
Mazer-Cressman Cigar Company
Gordon
Congress
Army Navy Tied In Second Period
Army and Navy battled to a 0 0 tie at halftime in the Army Navy game at Yankee Stadium with 65 000 to 70 000 in attendance. Proceeds from the crowd went to the Salvation Army to aid the unemployed. Lineups listed include Darlmark Price Huber Miller Getytns Tuttle Trice Suarez Kirkpatrick Bryan Messinger Frentzel Gannon Stecker Kim Kilday Hagberg referees and official observers from Tufts Bowdoin Penn State Colby.
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Yankee Stadium
Ubri
Army
Navy
Salvation Army
Pos
Darlmark
L.E
Steffanides Price
L.T
Bowstrom Huber
L.G
Underwood Miller
Getytn
Sates Tuttle Trice
R.G
Kirkpatrick Suarez
R.T
Bryan Messinger
R.E
Byng Bowman
I Bauer Frentzel
L.H
Gannon Stecker
RIH
Kim Kilday
F.B
Hagberg
Three Killed As Engine Hits Auto at Crossing
At Wadsworth Ohio a head on crash involving two Erie locomotives drawing a caboose and a car killed Milo Aver 29 and Virgil Wolf 35 and his daughter Donna 6. Aver’s wife 28 and daughter Evelyn 7 were injured. Deputy Marshal Harvey Weldy witnessed the crash and said the car was hurled 100 feet. The locomotives were traveling fast and sounded warnings. Aver tried to beat them to the crossing.
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Wadsworth
Erie
Milo Aver
Donna
Virgil Wolf
Aver
Evelyn
Harvey Weldy
Weldy
Senate Quiet As Overman Is Dead
In a hushed Senate chamber, President Hoover and officials paid tribute to Lee Slater Overman who died ending nearly 28 years in the Senate. His gray casket was moved to Salisbury NC for burial as Mrs. Overman and three daughters watched. Vice President Curtis spoke, and Senate chaplain Z T Phillips delivered the funeral oration.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Lee Slater Overman
Congress
Salisbury
N. C
House
Supreme Court and
Diplomatic Corp
Overman
Believe Chicken Theft Gang Active in Lorain County
Sheriff deputies suspect a revived chicken theft ring in Lorain County after 75 birds were stolen from Frank Sedelke in Oberlin. The same wire-cutting and rear-hole access methods used by the old gang were observed, prompting a warning to local chicken owners to stay vigilant.
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Lorain County
Sheriff's
Frank Sedelke
Oberlin
Jaca Revolt Crushed Near Ayerbe by Loyal Troops
Government forces halted the Jaca rebellion in a short clash near Ayerbe, taking many prisoners and killing or wounding about 100 rebels. Loyal troops from Huesca and Zaragoza unleashed heavy artillery, breaking rebel ranks as columns fled toward the mountains. Prisoners expected to be executed at dawn.
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United Press
Jaca
Spain
Paris
Ayerbe
Huesca
Saragossa
Dolia
Barcelona
General Las Heras
Las Heras
Gellero
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